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Gerasimov Institute Of Cinematography Alumni
Gerasimov () or Gerasimova (feminine; Гера́симова) is a Russian surname, derived from the given name Gerasim. Notable people with the surname include: * Aleksei Gerasimov, ''multiple people'' * Aleksandr Mikhailovich Gerasimov, Russian/Soviet painter born in 1881 * Aleksandr Viktorovich Gerasimov, former Russian professional football player born in born 1969 * Dmitry Gerasimov, Russian translator, diplomat, and philologist born in 1465 *Egor Gerasimov, Belarusian tennis player born in 1992 *Gennadi Gerasimov, Soviet diplomat born in 1930 * Ivan Aleksandrovich Gerasimov, Russian footballer born in 1985 * Ivan Aleksandrovich Gerasimov (also ''Herasymov'' in Ukrainian), Soviet military general and Ukrainian politician born in 1921 *Kirill Gerasimov, Russian professional poker player born in 1971 * Konstantin Grigorievich Gerasimov, Russian soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble bron in 1912 *Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Soviet archaeologist and anthropologist born in 190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerasim
Gerasim (Russian language, Russian Герасим; ) is a male given name, derived from Greek language, Greek γεράσιμος (cf. Gerasimos), meaning "Respectable", "Honorable Elder". First name * Gerasim Izmailov, Russian navigator * Gerasim - deaf and mute serf, a character in Ivan Turgenev , Ivan Turgenev's short story'' Mumu (Turgenev), Mumu'' * Gerasim Khugayev (born 1945), Ossetian politician * Gerasim Lebedev (1749 – 1817), Russian adventurer, linguist * Gerasim Pileš (1913 - 2003), a Soviet Chuvash writer playwright, sculptor, painter. * Gerasim I, Serbian Patriarch, Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch (1574-1586) * Gerasim Zakov (born 1984), Bulgarian association football, footballer * Gerasim Zelić (1752 – 1828), a Serbian Orthodox Church archimandrite, traveller and writer * Gerasim Petronović (1820-1906), Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Bay of Kotor and writer * Gjerasim Qiriazi (Gerasim Kyrias) (1858 – 1894), an Albanian Protestant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirill Gerasimov
Kirill Gerasimov (, born 5 June 1971, in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian professional poker player. Personal life Gerasimov was mentored in poker by professional Marcel Lüske. Gerasimov himself went on to mentor former tennis professional Yevgeny Kafelnikov in poker as well as fellow professional Mikhail Lakhitov. Poker career World Poker Tour The Paradise Poker website backed Gerasimov in the World Poker Tour season 1 $25,000 championship event, where he finished runner-up to Alan Goehring to take home a $506,625 prize. World Heads-Up Poker Championship In June 2002, he won the second World Heads-Up Poker Championship in Vienna, winning the €60,000 grand prize. World Series of Poker In May 2003, Gerasimov made his first World Series of Poker - WSOP final table, finishing in 6th place in the $1,500 No Limit Hold-Em event and receiving a $24,000 prize. Other finalists in the tournament included eventual winner Amir Vahedi and other professionals T. J. Cloutier, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin Gerasimov
Valentin Pavlovich Gerasimov (Russian: Валентин Павлович Герасимов; born on 28 May 1940), is a Russian politician and party figure, who had served as the first Governor of Kurgan Oblast from 1991 to 1995. Biography Valentin Gerasimov was born on 28 May 1940 into a working-class family in the working village of Shumikha, Shumikhinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, now the administrative centre of the Shumikhinsky Municipal District, Kurgan Oblast. He is Russian. His father died in 1942. In 1965, he graduated from the with a degree in automotive and tractor mechanical engineering. The same year, he worked at the Kurgan Bus Plant, where he went through all the stages - from design engineer to chief engineer from 1975 to 1979. In 1967, he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Since 1979, he was carrying out party work. He successively held the positions of second secretary of the committee of the CPSU of the city of Kurgan, first secretary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetris
''Tetris'' () is a puzzle video game created in 1985 by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer. In ''Tetris'', falling tetromino shapes must be neatly sorted into a pile; once a horizontal line of the game board is filled in, it disappears, granting points and preventing the pile from overflowing. Over 200 versions of ''Tetris'' have been published by numerous companies on more than 65 platforms, often with altered game mechanics, some of which have become standard over time. To date, these versions of ''Tetris'' collectively serve as the second-best-selling video game series with over 520 million sales, mostly on mobile devices. In the 1980s, Pajitnov worked for the Computing Center of the Academy of Sciences, where he programmed ''Tetris'' on the Elektronika 60 and adapted it to the IBM PC with the help of Dmitry Pavlovsky and Vadim Gerasimov. Floppy disk copies were distributed freely throughout Moscow, before spreading to Eastern Europe. Robert Stein of Andro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadim Gerasimov
Vadim Viktorovich Gerasimov () is an engineer at Google. From 1994 to 2003, Gerasimov worked and studied at the MIT Media Lab. Gerasimov earned a BS/MS in applied mathematics from Moscow State University in 1992 and a Ph.D. from MIT in 2003. At age 16 he was one of the original co-developers of the famous video game ''Tetris ''Tetris'' () is a puzzle video game created in 1985 by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer. In ''Tetris'', falling tetromino shapes must be neatly sorted into a pile; once a horizontal line of the game board is filled in, it disa ...'': he ported Alexey Pajitnov's original game to the IBM PC architecture and the two later added features to the game. (Accessed August 15, 2006) References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Gerasimov (other)
Sergey Gerasimov may refer to: * Sergey Vasilyevich Gerasimov (1885–1964), Russian painter *Sergei Gerasimov (film director) (1906–1985), Russian actor, film director and screenwriter * Sergei Gerasimov (swimmer), Russian gold medalist in swimming at the 2003 Summer Universiade *Sergey Gerasimovich Mitin Sergey Gerasimovich Mitin (; born 14 June 1951) is a Russian politician serving as a Senator from the executive authority of Novgorod Oblast since 2017. Previously, Mitin served as Governor of Novgorod Oblast, Russia from 7 August 2007 to 13 Febr ..., politician * Sergey Gerasimovich Mikaelyan, film director {{Hndis, Gerasimov, Sergey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889
Events January * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas. * January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. * January 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine in the United States. * January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia. * January 22 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. * January 30 – Mayerling incident: Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera commit a double suicide (or a murder-suicide) at the Mayerling hunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Gerasimov (poet)
Mikhail Prokofyevich Gerasimov ( rus, Михаи́л Проко́фьевич Гера́симов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil prɐˈkofʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ɡʲɪˈrasʲɪməf, a=Mihail Prokof'yevich Gyerasimov.ru.vorb.oga; 12 October 1889 in Buguruslan – 26 June 1939 in Moscow) was one of the most widely read working-class poets in early-twentieth-century Russia. Initially embracing the Bolshevik Revolution as a liberating event and participating in the effort to create a new proletarian culture, following the New Economic Policy he became disillusioned and was imprisoned during the Joseph Stalin era. Early life Mikhail Gerasimov was born on 30 September (12 October O.S.) 1889 in the village of Petrovka, near the town of Buguruslan, in Samara province in the Volga region of Russia. His father was a railway worker and crossing guard. His mother was of peasant origin. Starting at the age of nine, Gerasimov began helping out around the railroad, pulling weeds near the tracks. In the winter months ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907
Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the first large procession organised by The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), takes place in London. * February 11 – The French warship French cruiser Jean Bart (1886), ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. * February 12 – The steamship ''Larchmont'' collides with the ''Harry Hamilton'' in Long Island Sound; 183 lives are lost. * February 16 – SKF, a worldwide mechanical parts manufacturing brand (mainly, Bearing (mechanical), bearings and Seal (mechanical), seals), is founded in Gothenburg, Sweden. * February 21 – The English mail steamship ''Berlin'' is wrecked off the Hook of Holland; 142 lives are lost. * February 24 – The Austrian Lloyd steamship ''Imperatrix'', from Trieste to B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthropology
Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, society, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans. Social anthropology studies patterns of behaviour, while cultural anthropology studies cultural meaning, including norms and values. The term sociocultural anthropology is commonly used today. Linguistic anthropology studies how language influences social life. Biological anthropology, Biological (or physical) anthropology studies the biology and evolution of Human evolution, humans and their close primate relatives. Archaeology, often referred to as the "anthropology of the past," explores human activity by examining physical remains. In North America and Asia, it is generally regarded as a branch of anthropology, whereas in Europe, it is considered either an independent discipline or classified under related fields like history and palaeontology. Etymology The abstract noun ''wikt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archæology
Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, archaeological site, sites, and cultural landscapes. Archaeology can be considered both a social science and a branch of the humanities. It is usually considered an independent academic discipline, but may also be classified as part of anthropology (in North America – the four-field approach), history or geography. The discipline involves Survey (archaeology), surveying, Archaeological excavation, excavation, and eventually Post excavation, analysis of data collected, to learn more about the past. In broad scope, archaeology relies on cross-disciplinary research. Archaeologists study human prehistory and history, from the development of the first stone tools at Lomekwi in East Africa 3.3 million years ago up until recent decades. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Gerasimov (archaeologist)
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov (; 2 September 1907 – 21 July 1970) was a Soviet archaeologist and anthropologist who discovered the Mal'ta–Buret' culture and developed the first technique of forensic sculpture based on findings of anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, and forensic science. He studied the skulls and meticulously reconstructed the faces of more than 200 people, ranging from the earliest excavated homo sapiens and neanderthals, to the Middle Ages' monarchs and dignitaries, including emperor Timur (Tamerlane), Yaroslav the Wise, Ivan the Terrible, and Friedrich Schiller. He led the expedition to open the tomb of Timur, despite being warned that the tomb was cursed. Early life Gerasimov was born 1907 in St. Petersburg shortly before his doctor father was posted to settlement near Irkutsk. As a child he studied the bones of prehistoric animals that were unearthed during the construction of the area. Gerasimov produced his first reconstructions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
